COMPETITORS • LILIAN AKOPOVA EMAIL: [email protected] COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 Steinway Forderpreis Munich, First Prize 2002 Jaen International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1996 Vladimir Krainev International Young Pianists Con1petition, First Prize PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2001- Hochschule fur Musik und Tl1eater, Munich 1989-2000 Lisenko Music School TEACHERS 2001- Elisso Virsaladze 1993-2000 Valerij Kozlov 1989-93 Konstantin Kvartirmeister LILIAN AKOPOVA UKRAINE • AGE 21 PRELIMINARY RECITAL Born in Yerevan, Ar1nenia, Lilian Akopova took her first piano lesson at Bach-Busoni Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 age five and was accepted at the Nun Jreut euch, lieben Christe11 gmei11, BWV 734 Lisenko Central Music School for gift­ Mendelssohn Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 ed children in Kiev a year later. Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 9: Rico1·danza Currently a scholarship student at the Spanish Rhapsody Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Munich, she won first prize at the SEMIFINAL RECITAL 2003 Stein\vay Competition in that Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 city. Ms. Akopova has appeared in Ru th Schon thal Sonata quasi un'improvvisazione recital at international music festivals Shamo Trojha, Op. 2 in Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op. 30 • Russia, Spain, and Ukraine, and has I Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) • perforrned with several orchestras in I Russia. Ms. Akopova enjoys playing SEMIFINAL CHAMBER backgammon, table tennis, and bad­ minton in her leisure time. Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 FINAL RECITAL Mozart Sonata in C major, K. 545 Schumann Novelette No. 1 in F major, Op. 21 Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 Schubert-Liszt Frahlingsglaube Gretchen am Spin11rade • Die Forelle Prokofiev -I Romeo a.nd]uliet Before Parting, Op. 75, No. 10 p Etude in C minor, Op. 2, No. 3 FINAL CONCERTI Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F 1ninor, Op. 21 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat tninor, Op. 23 - I- ! 78 I- •- -• ' 'I • I I' NING AN • COMPETITORS l ! EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: Hunstein Artist Services COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 William Kapell International Piano Competition, First Prize 2002 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2000 U.S. National Cl1opin Piano Competition, First Prize 1999 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Third Prize PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1995-2004 New England Conservatory of Music 1987-95 Cleveland Institute of Music TEACHERS NING AN 1995-2004 Russell Sher1nan UNITED STATES • AGE 28 1987-95 Olga Radosalvjevich 1985-86 Gladys Gladstone First-prize winner of the 2003 William Kapell Piano Competition, Ning An made his concerto debut at the age of PRELIMINARY RECITAL sixteen, perfon1tlng the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XV1:50 Cleveland Orchestra. He has since per­ Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 4 2 for111ed with the Baltimore Symphony, Debussy Preludes, Book II: Belgian National Symphony, London La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Ondine Taipei Symphony, and was soloist with Verdi-Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto the Warsaw Philhat 111onic during their 2001 centennial world tour. Mr. An SEMIFINAL RECITAL has also presented recitals at the Sala I Verdi (Milan), Salle Cortot (Paris), I Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Palais de Beaux Arts (Antwerp), and Mendelssohn Variatio11s seriet4Ses, Op. 54 has toured Spain and the United Sebastian Currier Sca1·latti Cadences + Brainstonn States. Festival appearances include Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland; the Gina Bachauer 1 SEMIFINAL CHAl\1BER Piano Festival in Salt Lake City; New Hampshire's Monadnock Music Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Festival; the Bourglinster Festival in Luxembourg; and the Interlaken FINAL RECITAL ! Music Festival in Switzerland. In I March 2006, he and his wife, pianist I Beethoven Rondo in G major, Op. 51, No. 2 I Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 Gloria Chen, have been invited to tour • Taiwan in recital and orchestra per­ I Liszt Sonata in B minor •I ' formances. Born in Beijing, Ning An is FINAL CONCERTI an artist-in-residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 • • !! I- I I i 79 •- • . ~ . ( • ' .t . ' (. l • j ! '~ • .• ! I I rI COMPETITORS • GIUSEPPE ANDALORO • ~ I '• ! • EMAIL: [email protected] >• I { MANAGEMENT: Studiomus.ica s.r.l. ' t 1. • • • • COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS I 2002 London International Piano Competition, First Prize 2001 Alfredo Casella International Piano Competition, First Prize 2001 Sendai International Music Competition, First Prize • J. 2000 Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, ~ Second Prize (First Prize not awarded) ' I - . 2000 Porto International Piano Competition, First Prize \ I PROFESSIONAL TRAINING • 2000- Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan :; J .. •r . • -- .' ·-- -- TEACHERS GIUSEPPE ANDALORO 2000- Vincenzo Balzani ITALY • AGE 23 1994-98 Sergio Fiorentino First-prize winner of the 2002 London PRELIMINARY RECITAL International Piano Competition, Giuseppe Andalora has been a fre­ Haydn Sonata in A-flat major, I-lob. XVI:46 quent guest artist with the London Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 11: Ha1mo11ies du soir Philharmonic and London Mozart Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Players. He has toured exteQSively in Lige ti Etude, Book I, No. 1: Desordre recital and with orchestra throughout Etude, Bool< I, No.2: Co1·des a vide his native Italy, and has also performed Etude, Book 1, No. 5: Arc-en-ciel in Hong Kong, London, Marrakech, Montevideo, Paris, Prague, Pretoria, SEMIFINAL RECITAL Salzburg, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Among Handel Suite No. 2 in F major prestigious concert halls he has played Franck Prelude, Cl1orale, and Fugue are the Sala Verdi in Milan, Liszt Grosses Konzertsolo Auditorium Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Ruth Schonthal So1tata quasi u11'i1nprovvisazione Wiener Saal of Salzburg's Mozarteum, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and SEMIFINAL CHAMBER the Casals Hall in Tokyo. A disc of works by Liszt featuring Mr. Andalora Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 was recently recorded by Naxos. He also enjoys success as a conductor and FINAL RECITAL composer. Mozart Sonata in C major, K. 330 Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 FINAL CONCERTI Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G 1najor, Op. 58 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C mi11or, Op. 18 I ! ! I 80 STEPHEN BEUS • COMPETITORS EMAIL: [email protected] COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, Second Prize (First Prize not awarded) 2003 MTNA Collegiate Artist Piano Competition, First Prize 1996 Gina Bachauer junior Artists Competition, First Prize PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2004- The juilliard School 2002-04 Whitman College TEACHERS 2004- Robert McDonald I 1989-2000 ~ Leonard Richter 2002-04 1986-89 Paulette Richards STEPHEN BEUS UNITED STATES • AGE 23 PRELIMINARY RECITAL Born in Othello, Washington, as the Bach-Busoni Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 fourth of eight children, Stephen Beus Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 began piano lessons at age five and Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 made his orchestral debut four years later. Beginning in September 2000, he SEMIFINAL RECITAL served a two-year mission in Finland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Liszt Paganini Etude No. 3: La Campanella latter-day Saints, which allowed him Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Gardens to perforr11 extensively through the Mozart Nine Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573 country while fulfilling his missionary Rachmaninoff Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 responsibilities. Mr. Beus was the Scriabin Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass" national winner of the Music Teachers Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1913) National Association (MTNA) high­ school level competition and, in 2003, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER won the MTNA's collegiate level com­ petition, garnering a Steinway grand Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 piano. Also the top prizewinner at the 2004 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin FINAL RECITAL Competition, Mr. Beus was presented Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 in recital at Weill Recital Hall in New Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XV1:50 York. He is one of five pianists recent­ Schumann Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 ly selected as a finalist of the American Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Pianists Association's Classical Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Fellowship Awards program. FINAL CONCERTI Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D nlinor, Op. 30 • 81 • • COMPETITORS • SODI BRAIDE • j I \• f . • EMAIL: sodibraide@,vanadoo.fr '• 1 • I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS ' 2003 Leeds International Piano Competition, Sixth Prize { 2001 Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, • l' Third Prize 1996 Unisa Transnet International Piano Co1npetition, l I Sixth Prize • 1i.. I' ..• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 4 I' 2000-01 lnternational Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia (Lake Como) .•• 1999-2000 Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid 1991-99 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris 1996-97 Ecole Nor111ale de Musique de Paris .. i l TEACHERS SODI BRAIDE 1999-2000 Ditl:'litri Bashkirov • NIGERIA/UNITED KINGDOM • AGE 29 1997-99 Cerard Fremy 1996-97 J=ran~oise Thinat Born of Nigerian parents in Newcastle 1991-96 Jacques Rouvier . (United Kingdom), Sodi Braide started I .' playing the piano at the age of three. l I He continued his musical studies in • PRELIMINARY RECITAL I Nigeria, and as a )1oung teenager was Haydn Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 invited to take pan in a televised con­ ' • cert-Classic Aid II at UNESCO in Janacek Sonata I. X.1905 "From the Street" ' Paris along with such artists as Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petra1·ca.